Lead Pharmacist - High Cost Drugs
| Posting date: | 28 November 2025 |
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| Salary: | £55,690.00 to £62,682.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £55690.00 - £62682.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 11 December 2025 |
| Location: | Winchester, SO22 5DG |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9251-25-0849 |
Summary
To lead, develop, deliver and evaluate the process for approval and appropriate use of High Cost Drugs within the Trust. To liaise with Trust staff, NHSE South pharmacists and other commissioners to ensure that any relevant financial and implementation issues for NICE Technology Appraisal Guidance are identified and articulated at an early stage. To support the business planning and challenge process for high-cost and specialist medicines and ensure that national commissioning policies and protocols for those high-cost treatments that sit outside of NICE recommendations are implemented according to agreed criteria. To act as Pharmacy lead for the management of High Cost Drugs, representing the Trust at High Cost Drugs meetings between commissioners and the Trust and to advise the Trust Drugs & Therapeutics Committee (DTC) on the impact of NICE Technology Appraisals To develop and implement an annual programme of cost improvement within the service to ensure end of year financial balance. Ensure that the programme identifies ongoing cost reduction opportunities.